Toxicity due to organophosphorus compounds: what about chronic exposure?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 803-806

  De Silva, H J ^a   Samarawickrema, N A ^a   Wickremasinghe, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Insecticides; Organophosphate pesticides; Unintentional poisoning

Indexed keywords

ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; CHLORPYRIFOS; HYDROLASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AGRICULTURE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33745603205     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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